Random musings: Gold Star

Not the kind of gold stars that we used to get in school, but Gold Star Referral Clubs.

Gold Star is a business networking group that specializes in helping you grow your business. From their website:

"We're fun, friendly, and do serious business."

Gold Star members are Go-Givers.  Gold Star members embrace the Go-Giving culture taken from the best-selling book, The Go-Giver,written by Bob Burg and John David Mann. This culture of reciprocity is why Go-Givers sell more and have more fun doing it.

You will experience a purposeful agenda that is geared toward giving and receiving referrals. Our visitors say, "It's fun but you get a lot done."

Our referral meetings are not overly long. Meetings only last a little over an hour, usually during breakfast or lunch.

You can Cross-Club. You can visit other Gold Star Referral Clubs as much as you want as long as your industry is not already represented in that other Club.

You won't get fined. We don't fine you for being late, or for not giving a tip/lead, or for missing a meeting.

Gold Star Club leaders have easy guidelines to follow and only serve six months at a time.

You can start a Gold Star Referral Club anywhere in the United States. When you find 3-5 core members and a place to meet, we will help you get a club going.

Our absence policy is understanding.  You can use a substitute if you have to miss a meeting.



We educate, train and teach pro-active networking skills. Networking Success Training is given via email free to every member who joins. Gold Star corporate, based in Tulsa, OK, sends weekly business tips.

Every week the Club Business Coach teaches a networking success tip. Everything is online and easy to manage in the Member's Room.

We love inviting visitors. Everyone kicks in to help build your club and to increase referrals.

Last but not least, we're happy to be different! Gold Star Referral Club members have contagiously upbeat and positive attitudes. We're having fun networking and passing business referrals.

I've attended meetings a few times as a guest and a couple of times as a substitute for an existing member. I'd been planning on joining for awhile and I finally signed up at the end of last week.

And I'm already considering becoming a leader of the club I just joined. The new leaders take office in August and February. There are only 7 members in this group right now, so I guess everyone can be in some kind of leadership position.

My first meeting is this morning. I'll let you know next week how it went.